Dohrmann Co. v. Security Savings & Loan Ass'n

Opinion

RATTIGAN, J.

This appeal presents questions relating to (1) the validity of a tax sale of personal property as affected by the notice given thereof, and (2) the effect of an erstwhile junior encumbrancer’s tax purchase of the property.

Appellant Dohrmann Co. (hereinafter “plaintiff”) brought the action, for declaratory relief, against Security Savings and Loan Association (“Security”) and Edwin Meese, Jr., as tax collector of the County of Alameda. The complaint sought, among other things, a declaration that plaintiff held a valid security interest in certain personal property, as the…